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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

9 stories in South Coast's papers

Are Steamer Freights Too High?

The Bega District News · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 2

Atthe P.P.U. meeting on Tuesday Mr Jacob Britten Bimbaya, moved that efforts be made to have the freight on dairy produce by the Illawarra and…

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An Amphibious Steamer

The South Coast Register · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 6

The unsophisticated visitor to the lumber districts of Canada may occasionally see what is to him a very remarkable sight, a primitive-looking…

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“Bombo” New Steamer for Metal Quarries

The South Coast Register · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 6

Captain William Manning, of Pedder, Mylchrest, and Co., London, successfully delivered his sixty-seventh vessel in Sydney on…

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Question in Parliament State Metal Quarries Steamer

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 2

In the Stale Parliament la-t week Mr. Davis M.L.A., asked the following questions:— Mr. Dawes: [?] the leader of the…

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The Roadside Wreck

The Bega District News · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 1

Everyone has seen it somewhere or other along the bush roads; it is the wrecked sulky. It may have been Old Wilson’s or young Bob Jones’, who got…

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Proposed Steamer Connection with Melbourne & Bega District

The Bega District News · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 2

At the P.P.U. meeting in Bega last week a letter was read from Mr H. C. Sleigh stating that he had been in touch with Mr Logan, of Eden, as to…

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Bradman “Wrecks Train” (Believe It If You Like) Contributed by “Don Q”(Our Special Correspondent in the Far West.)

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 3

The Woop-Woop express had been wrecked. Investigation disclosed the fact that prior to the accident the signalman had set the signal at all…

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Aboriginal Fishermen At Wreck Bay

The South Coast Register · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 3

The aboriginal fishermen at Wreck Bay netted a school of salmon recently, and when the fish were brought to Nowra per motor lorry…

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Proposed Steamer Service to Melbourne

The Bega District News · Monday 6 October 1930 · page 2

A representative meeting of farmers and business men assembled at Bega School of Arts on Tuesday last to meet Mr Archibald, representing the…

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